Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.9
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
47719
Points per Word
0.000168
Description
After a nuclear attack, Sarah and her family have to stay in the tightly-sealed kitchen for days on end, dreading the inevitable radioactive fall-out and the subsequent slow, tortuous death. But then, from out of the dust and ruins, comes new life.